teacher's desk

English

A teacher's desk at the front of a classroom.

A teacher's desk at the front of a geography classroom (1915).

Professor w:Casey Clabough lecturing from a modern academic lectern.

A raised pulpit-style desk at the w:Jean Sturm Gymnasium.

Noun

teacher's desk

1. (This entry is a translation hub.) A desk at the front of a school classroom used by a teacher. In grade schools these often resemble tables or desks with cabinets; at the university level lecterns are often encountered.

Translations

teacher's desk — see also desk

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 講桌／讲桌 (zh) (jiǎngzhuō) (lectern), 講臺／讲台 (zh) (jiǎngtái)

• Czech: katedra (cs) f
• Danish: kateder n
• Dutch: lessenaar (nl) f
• Finnish: opettajanpöytä
• German: Lehrerpult n, Lehrertisch m; Katheder (de) m (dated)
• Hungarian: katedra (hu), pulpitus (hu) (dated), tanári asztal
• Icelandic: kennaraborð
• Italian: cattedra (it) f
• Japanese: 教卓 (ja) (きょうたく, kyōtaku)
• Korean: 교탁 (ko) (gyotak)
• Macedonian: катедра f (katedra)
• Romanian: catedră (ro) f
• Russian: учи́тельский стол m (učítelʹskij stol), ка́федра (ru) f (káfedra) (pulpit, rostrum)
• Swedish: kateder (sv)

pulpit — see pulpit

lectern — see lectern

rostrum — see rostrum